A recent trip to Madera Canyon (a birding hotspot south of Tucson) proved especially fruitful, photographically speaking, because I had just edited a book about macrophotography and was eager to put some of its lessons to use. Some of the results were more successful than others, but that’s how we learn, right? All images were taken with a Nikon AF-S 60 mm Micro lens on a Nikon D3100 body.

About Words4Wildlife

I'm Julie Hammonds, editor, writing coach, and the former associate editor of Arizona's wildlife magazine, Arizona Wildlife Views. Writing about wildlife and wild places was my job for nearly 12 years, but it was also more than that: It was a craft fueled by a passion for the natural world. Now, I'm launching a freelance editing business. Come visit me at juliehammonds.com!